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NEW HAYEH POISON CASE
The Authorities Fail, to Unravel the
V Raihbun Mystery.
POLICE HOLD HART AS A WITNESS
Tbe Fact Disclosed by n Investigation
of the Poison Mystery Both Hart and
Bathbnn Were Insured in the Nuu
of tbe Victim's Widow Mr. Batbbnn
and Hart Differed In Their Storlei.
i New Haven, Conn. (Special). Al
though the police are far from the so
lution of the Kathbun poisoning mys
tery, sensations enough were furnished
Wednesday to stamp the case as the
most remarkable on record in Con
necticut. The police have discovered
a gaping discrepancy between the
statements made by Mrs. Rathbun,
widow of the poisoned man, and John
F. Hart, his fellow bfakeman and a
boarder in the Rathbun family.
Both Hart and Mrs. Rathbun were
examined for hours by the police, and
their stories were sifted closely. Hart
Stoutly maintains that be told Mrs.
Rathbun to save the dinner pail con
taining the poisoned coffee on his re
turn from work, suffering from the
poison which both he and Rathbun
had swallowed in their coffee. Mrs.
Rathbun - declares that he . told her
nothing of the Bort, that she; took the
dinner pall, and after throwing the
coffee away washed the pail. The
difference in the stories told by Hart
and Mrs. Rathbun led the police to de
cide to hold Hart. He was locked up
in the cell of the Central Freeinct on
an order from Coroner Ell Mix.
, The police have discovered that three
of the members of Mrs. r Rathbun' s
family have died from arsenical pois
oning, while another was injured per
manently. They are her mother, her
son "Willie, five years old, and her hus
band. At the time her son Willie was
fatally poisoned by eating an apple on
which had been placed poison his
older brother, Percy, also was pois
oned, and never has been' since mental
ly vigorous. !
Another circumstance is that the
life insurance policies of both Hart
and Rathbun were made out to Mrs.
Rathbun. She has given notice of her
desire to collect the $1000 of her hus
band's insurance money, and had Hart
not recovered from the attack caused
by arsenical poisoning she would -have
received the $500, which is the amount
of his policy.
The report of . the Coroner, after a
formal inquest on Rathbun's body, de
clared that he met his death as the re
sult of arsenical poisoning.
$50,000 FOR A COLORADO COLLEGE
Benefactions of Dr. Pearsons Now AmonnS
to Almost 83,000,000.
Chicago (Special), Dr. D. K. Pear
sous has sent his check for $50,000 as
a Christmas present to Colorado Col-
lege.Colorado Springs.
Within the last seven
weeks Dr. jPearsons
has presented $200,
000 to one other edu
cational institution,
bit declines to give
-the. name. These two
gifts, with $30,000
sai to have been
givig" by Dr. Pear
sons for a woman's
dormitory In the
Northwestern Univer
sity, bring the total oJLhis known ben
efactions in the last'tdn yearsto $2,
4SI),(XK), though these ipgures fall far
short of the complete list.
The money given anonymously prob
ably reaches $500,000. making the
whole amount close to $3,000,000.
WANT A LAW TO CURE DRUNKARDS
Indian Legislature May Establish Com
pulsory Treatment of Inebriates.
Laporte, Ind. (Special). A bill which
, will be a radical departure in Indiana
law. will so6n be introduced In the
Legislature establishing compulsory
treatment of inebriates, morphine
usei-s and other like unfortunates.
The measure provides that any ine
briate can file a petition in the courts
to enter, an institution for the cure of
his habit, the only stipulation required
being that the beneficiary must exe
cute his bond to the State to reimburse
it for flie expensa incurred In effecting
his reformation.
The advocates of the. new law have
obtained the opinions of medical ex
pers in all sections of the United
states, and the consensus of opinion is
that drunkenness is a disease, and la
as curable as other diseases.
i There are strong reasons for the be
lief that the bill will be made a law.
A Ghastly Murder Mystery.
A ghastly murder mystery was dis
covered in Golden Gate Park at San
Francisco, Cal. An unknown man was
found hanging from the limb of a tree
in a dense thicket, with four ropes
around his neck and his hands tied be
hind him. The body was partly de
composed. The man is supposed to
have been dead Tour days.
Torpedo Boat Macdonoagh Launched.
.The torpedo boat destroyer Macdon
ough was successfully launched at the
works of flie Fore River Iron Com
- pany at East Braintree, Mass. The
OIncdonough Is "of a new type, and is
to be one of a fleet of fifty craft of the
same kind.
Survivor of Maine Disaster Married.
Oscar Anderson; one of the sailors
fa board the Maine when she was
blown up in Havana Harbor, and Miss
Belle Hutchin, were married at Riv
erside, Conn., by the Rev. William
Davidson.
Andree Given Up as Lost.
The brother of Andree, the missing
aeronaut, says a dispatch from Co
penhagen, Denmark, despairing of his
return from the Arctic regions, has
finally opened his will.
Minor, Mention.
There is a movement on foot in New
York City for the periodic disinfection
of public libraries. '
On the island of Alaska," fifty miles
west of Juneau, a large deposit of
gypsum has been discovered.
Wind Cave, at. Rapid City. N. D., is
to be. examined by the Government,
with a view to making it a national
reservation. j ' f
The smallpox situation' in eastern
Utah is becoming alarming. Most of
the cases are among the foreign-born
rniners in the coal camps:
Over-400 species of trees are known
In the Philippine Islands; of these
about fifty have commercial value.
A shipment of luO.OOO young peach
trees from Georgia nurseries, bound
for Cape Col my and Natal, South
Africa, will be made soon.
The number of persons killed by rail
road accidents in the United States
from July 1, 1898, to June 30, 1S99,
was 7123; the wounded 44,620.
United States Consul Adelbert Hay,
at Pretoria, does not believe that there
is any probability of an emigration of
Boers in considerable numbers" to thS
United States
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The State Department sent" the
amendments to the Hay-Paoncefote
treaty to the British Government
through two channels, one copy being
transmitted to Lord Pauncefote, and
the other through Ambassador Choate
at London, who will present It to the
Foreign Office.
Purnell II. Miller was appointed
Postmaster at New Orleans at the re
quest of the bondsmen of J. G. R. Pit
kin, resigned.
The War Department decided to
take no further action toward bringing
volunteers home from the Philippines
until Congress provides regulars to re
place them. ;
Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Bu
chanan, Porto Rican Regiment, U. S.
V was assigned to the command of
the District of ; Porto Rico, recently In
corporated Into the Department of the
East. ; '
Mrs. William P. Frye, wife of the
President pro tempore of the Senate,
died suddenly in Washington.
The President said he would go to
the Pacific coast in May to attend the
launching of the battleship Ohio at
the Union Iron Works at san Fran
Cisco, and would be absent from Wash
ington about a month.
OTJB ADOPTED ISLANDS.
The latest reports from Hollo, P. I.,
iay that the islands of Panay and
Cebu, since the rainy season set In, are
being rapidly cleared of the enemy.
and that in a few weeks the only op
position encountered will be that of
fered by scattering ladrones.
Officers of the cruiser Newark re
ported there were supplies enough
available at Guam when the Newark
left to last three weeks, and the Inhab
itants would then be dependent upon
supplies from Cavite.
A severe earthquake visited San
tiago, Cuba, causing panic in-the poor
er quarter of the town. Many build
ings were seriously damaged.
The enormous yield of cane is creat
ing some talk of a general strike
among the cutters in Eastern Cuba,
and Governor-General Wood Is prepar
ing to send emigrants to take the
places of the strikers should trouble
occur.
DOMESTIC.
Former Governor Wolcott's death
makes a vacancy In the Massachusetts
Electoral College.
Edward V. Higgins, of Coldwater
Canyon, Cal., confessed that he mur
dered his mother and William Sheep
herder with an axe.
Many men were injured In a reli
gious riot which occurred in a lumber
camp near Fiat Pond, In Maine.
The Rev. Dr. Charles Reuben Hale,
Bishop Coadjutor of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Springfield, died
at Cairo, 111., of valvular disease of the
heart. Bishop Hale was born in Penn
sylvania March 14, 1837.
Governor Pingree issued a requisi
tion on the Governor of Cuba for
Charles Jenner Thompson, who is
wanted in Detroit, Mich., for forgery.'
This is the first requisition on Cuba
ever issued.
The. whites at Sitka, Alaska, are
fearful of an Indian outbreak.
Nearly a dozen highway robberies
and one murder in two days aroused
the police of Denver, Col. .
Henry L. Wilbur, the son of H. O.
Wilbur, the Philadelphia millionaire,;
met his death while riding to hounds
near Berwin, Penn.
Smallpox is raging in the lumber
camps of Northern Minnesota, and
great alarm prevails. Several thou-!
sand woodsmen have already fled
from the camps to escape the dreaded
disease. '
John W. Keller, Commissioner of
Charities, admits that patients at
Belle vue Hospital, at New York City,
were abused by nurses.
Assistant Cashier. U. M. Henderson,
of the First National Bank of Greeley,
Col., who disappeared in July, leaving
a shortage of $20,000, has been located
in Mexico. c '
The police of Omaha, Neb., found
the house in which "Eddie" Cudahy
was confined by kidnappers while they
were awaiting the ransom of $25,000. .
A negro lynched near Gulf port.
Miss., for the murder of Marshall
Richardson, was a cousin of tbe al
leged murderer, Henry Lewis, who es
caped, and was Innocent.
FOREIGN.
The Pope performed the ceremony
In St. Peter's at Rome of closing the
"Holy Door" to mark the end of the
Jubilee year.
General Kitchener arrived at De Aar
to stem the invasion of Cape Colony
by the Boers.
General Kodama, Governor of For
mosa, was appointed Minister of War
in the Japanese Cabinet, replacing
General Kathura, who resigned. '
The Dowager Lady Churchill, Senior
Lady of the Bedchamber and an inti
mate friend of Queen Victoria, Is
dead.
The loyal chiefs have captured the
A.shantee Queen's mother and the rebel
King Kokofu, and they hope soon to.
capture the remaining rebel Chiefs.
The Archbishop of Caracas, Vene
zuela, was excluded from religious
functions," owing to illness and mental
trouble.
Prince Ching received the Powers'
note in Pekin, China, and expressed
the hope that speedy peace would
come.
The French Senate passed the Am
nesty bill by a vote of 201 to 11.-
Edmund Barton, former leader of
the Federal Convention, accepted the
Earl of Hopetoun's offer to form, the
first Cabinet of the Australian Federa
tion. . -
A Spanish statesman who arrived at
Paris declared that the Ministry of
General Azcarraga is daily getting
Into a more precarious position.
A peremptory order was received at
army headquarters at Belfast, Ireland,
ordering all available cavalry to pre
pare for service in South Africa.
"Tile Colonial Cabinet decided to leave,
the matter of a new fisheries .treaty
for Newfoundland to Joseph Chamber
lain, Imperial Secretary for the Colo
nies." Severe storms swept the British
coast, and there were numerous ship
ping disasters.
Emperor William accepted designs
for memorial coins celebrating the two
hundredth anniversary of the estab
lishment of the kingdom of Prussia, a
two-mark and a five-mark silver piece.
The Boer invasion of Cape Colony
forced the British to abandon the pur
suit of -General De Wet
; Sternberg, the millionaire banker,
rcho has been on trial at Berlin, Ger
many, for a long time past, was fonnd
guilty of Immoralities, and was sen
tenced to two and a half years' Impris
onment, with loss of citizenship for
ave years.
Count von Waldersee reports the
killing of fifteen Boxers and the rout
af Chinese regulars by a German col
umn of tne international army.
Hoshl Toru, wno was formerly Jap
anese Envoy at Washington, resigned
his post in Marquis Ito's Ministry,
owing to charges of receiving bribes
being brought ajtainst him.
AUDITOR MORRIS KILLED
War Department 'Official Shot Down
in Washington.
ACT OF A DISCHARGED CLERK
Fancied Wrong Said to Have Canted
Samuel Mac Donald to Commit the
Peed The Murderer Afterward Made
Two Attempt to End His Own Life
Both Men Came From Ohio.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Frank
II. Morris, the Auditor for the War
Department under Secretary Gage,
was shot and almost Instantly killed.
in his office by Samuel MacDonald, a
former clerk In the department. Af
ter sending the bullet through Mor
ris's heart MacDonald attempted to
end his own life with a shot, and,
failing in this, made a second attempt
at suicide by slashing his throat in the
neighborhood of the Jugular vein.
The first intimation the clerks In the
department had of the tragedy was a
woman's piercing scream resounding
through the building at 2.25 p. m. A
general rush for the corridors was
made, many believing that the woman
who screamed had been caught In the
elevator. The shots that MacDonald
fired at Morris and himself apparent
ly were not heard. MacDonald was
found seated on a bag of cement In the
hall, near the doe-r.
Blood was streaming down his coat
from a gash in the throat and he was
rapidly growing weak.
"I shot Morris," he said to the star
tled clerks gathered around him. "I
Bhot him and then shot myself."
Officer Evans and Sergeant Sullivan
put in an appearance in a few mo
ments and arrested the sinking mur
derer and ordered him conveyed, to
the Emergency Hospital.
MacDonald was discharged from his
position in the Treasury by the Sixth
Auditor for the Postofflce Depart
ment, Mr. Castle. He probably be
lieved that Mr. Morris was at the bot
tom of this, as he believed he also was
responsible for his deposal from Mor
ris's office last February. As he left
the office where he had been employed
a fellow clerk remarked: "Wish you a
merry Christmas."
"There's nothing in it. old man," re
plied MacDonald. He was not seen
again until he appeared at the door of
the Winder Building, in which Mr.
Morris had his office. Watchman Cu
sick, who knew him well, was at the,
door. "'.!
"Is Swan in?" asked MacDonald, in
quiring for the clerk who now occupies
the position MacDonald himself held
before being reduced.
"Yes," replied the watchman.
MacDonald then entered the office,
and a minute later the pistol shot rang
out.
Morris had been Auditor for the
Navy Department, but was transferred
to his present post a year ago on ac
count of his good record.
MacDonald is a bachelor, and came
from Steubenville, Ohio. He is a vet
eran of the Civil War. Frank H. Mor
ris was from Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs.
Morris, who was at home here, was
Immediately notified of the death of
her husband.
AMERICA'S SHOW AT PARIS.
Commissioner Peck' Say It Was a Most
Effective One.
New York City (Special). Ferdinand
W. Peck, Commissioner-General to the
Paris Exposition, arrived aboard the
American liner St. Louis from South
ampton and Cherbourg. He said the
Exposition was peerless in many re
spects. In regard to the part the Uni
ted States took -in the great show Mr.
Peck said:
FERDINAND W. PECS.
"It Is freely admitted that the dis
play of the United States was the most
prominent of the foreign nations.
uutsiae or t ranee, we occupied a
greater area; we had many more ex
hibitors and .erected more buildings
than any other nation. The real test
of the relative positions taken by the
exhibitors of the United States In the
Exposition lies In the fact that they
have received a much larger number
of awards than Germany, Russia,
Great Britain, Austria or any other
nation foreign to France, thus show
ing the quality of their exhibits. We
feel that the commercial interests of
our nation have been enhanced, bur
export trade increased and our inter
national relations strengthened by the
part which we have been able to take
In the great event in Paris this year."
'Arizona Applies For Statehood.
Governor Murphy, of Arizona Terri
tory," nnd Delegate Wilson appeared
before the United States Senate Com
mittee on Territories and made argu:
ments in support of the bill for the ad
mission of Arizona as a State.
Natural Bridge Sold to Syndicate.
The Natural Bridge in Virginia has
been sold to a syndicate for $00,000.
Colonel Henry C. Parsons owned the
property, which since his death has
been managed by his widow.
Prominent People.
Dr. Otto Nordensklold's Antarctic
expedition will leave Norway in Au
gust.
Consul Goodnow, at Shanghai, has
sailed for the United States ri leave
of absence.
General Pierola, until recently Presi
dent of Peru, has formally retired
from public life because of the result
of the Peruvian elections.
The statement that General Horace
Porter, the United States AmbasE.-lor
at Paris, intends resigning is an ab
solute fabrication.
The Pope has sent former President
Kruger a mosaic representing St. Pet
ers Square, in Rome.
The late Sir Arthur Sullivan left an
estate of about $250,000, nearly all of
which goes to his nephew. -
. Dr. Matzon, professor of law, of the
University of Copenhagen, Las been
appointed to represent Denmark In the
International Court of Arbitration at
The Hague.
Major Esterhazy Is a ragged pauper,
living on charity. In a London slum.
His wife Is selling her furniture, sil
ver and clothes In Paris to feed theii
fire children.'
THE MARKETS.
Lata Wholesale Prices of Country
Produce Quoted in New York.
1CTXX.
The Milk ExeWange price for standard
quality is Sttc. per quart.
BT7TTO.
Creamery West, extra....!' g$ 25
nrt Z3 N
Thirds to seconds.. 19 23
State dairy tubs, extra.... 23
Imitation creamery 15 (g iv
Factory, finest 14 14
low grade llWffi "14
cnxssB.
State Full cream, fancy.. 11 11
Email VI
Part skimOod to prima GH ?tt
Full skims 2 2tt
t - ' EGGS. .
Nearby Fancy 28 30
State and Penn 28 30
Western Choice 23 24
BEAKS AITD FSaB.
Bean Marrow j;hoice,1900 2 60
Medium 2 23
Pea, choice 2 25 2 27
Red kidney, choice 3 42 2 45
White kidney, choice.... 2 60 2 63
Yellow eye 2 60
Lima, Cal 3 70 3 75
Green peas, bags... 1 22 1 25
FRUITS A5I BERKliS FRESH.
Apples, Ben Davis, per obi 2 00 2 50
Baldwin, per bbl 1 73 Z 73
Greening, per bbl 1 75 3 00
Pears. Keifer. per bbl 1 25 2 25
Grapes. Catawba, per bask 8 11
Cranberries, per bbl 7 50 10 00
irVE POULTRY.
Fowls, per lb. 9
Chickens, per lb 8
Roosters, per lb... 5
Turkeys, per lb 7 8
Ducks, per pair 4a 70
Geese, per pair 1 00 1 37
Pigeons, per pair... 15 20
DRESSED POCLTEY.
Turkeys, per lb 6 11
Broilers, Phila., per lb.... 16 18
Fowls.State & Penn.,per lb. 8 8
Chickens, West, per lb.... 7 9
Ducks, East., per lb 10 12
Geese, Eastern, per lb.... 8 10
Squabs, per dozen......... 1 25 2 50
HOPS.
State 1900, ehoice, per lb. 19 20
1900, common to fair.... 14 e 18
Pacific coast 1900, choice. 18 19
1899, common to choice.. 8 14
Old odds 2 5
HAT ATTD STRAW.
Hay Prime, per 100 Yb 95
-Lu. x, pci iw iu... m ,oi yay
No. 2, per 100 lb 82 85
Clover mixed, per 100 ft.. . 80 82
Straw, long rye 82 85
VEGETABLES.
Potatoes, Jersey, per bbl.. 1 50 1 75
State, per bbl 1 50 1 87
Sweets, per bbl 1 50 (j 1 75
Onions Orange Co.,per bag 1 50 4 50
Conn., red, per bbl 2 00 2 50
Conn., white, per bbl 3 50 5 50
Cabbages, L. I., per 100.... 3 00 4 00
Turnips, per bbl.... 60 85
T . ' n n f o Ert
xomatoes, per carrier i. in w o
String beans, per crate 2 00 2 75
Squash, per bbl. 1 00 2 00
Egg plant, per bbl 2 50 4 00
: l or a i 75
Lepras, yL taiiici x m. if
Celery, per dozen 10 40
Lettuce, per basket 1 50 3 50
Beets, per bbl 75 1 00
Spinach, per bbl...". 75 1 25
Brussels sprouts, per cfct, . . 4 . 10
Green peas, per basket .... 1 50 3 00
Kale, per bbl 50 . 75
Carrots, per bbl 75 1 00
"3RAIN. ETC.
Flour Winter patents 3 60 3 90
Spring patents 3 90 4 20
Wheat No. 1 X. Duluth.. 82
No. 2 red... ; . 78
Corn No. 2 45 45
Oats No. 2 white., '. 31
Track nnxed... 27 Qi 28
Rye Western 56 57
State ....... 52 53
Lard, city 7,00c.
LIVE STOCK.
Beeves, city dressed 6 8
Calves, city dressed 8 12
Country dressed ( 10 .
Sheep, per 100 lb 2 25 4 00
Lambs, per 100 ft.. 4 50 5 90
Hogs Live, per 100 ft..,. 5 00 5 35
Country dressed 5 7
TOBACCO.
Domestic ciear leaf is ouiet.bui prices are
well maintained, and the volume of trade
is as large as is to be expected at the sea
son, fciumatra tobacco is also quiet, west
ern leaf is. inactive, but values are firm.
Havana tobacco continues active and good
grades are selling well at full prices.
HORSES FOR BRITISH ARMY.
50,000 More Will Be Purchased Here Fof
Use In South Africa.
Kansas City, Mo. (Special). Captain
Heygate, of the British Army, Is rAir
chaslng 50,000 cavalry horses and
mules for the British Army in South
Africa. -He came here more than a
year ago to buy horses and mules, but
was ordered home a short time ago.
But the unexpected renewal of hos
tilities has made the purchase of more
horses and mules necessary. As fast
as the animals are inspected and
bought they will be sent to New Or
leans and shipped to Cape Town, Dur
ban and New London on British trans
ports, some of which are now on thelf
way to the United States. ,
Since the beginning of the Boer war
England has purchased over 100,000
head of horses and mules in the Uni
ted States. Government transports
will be kept very busy from now on
carrying the horses, which England
will need In South Africa and which
have been ordered purchased in th
United States.
8200,000 Failure In Lawrence, Mass.
The Prosnect and Globe Worsted
Mills, of Lawrence, Mass., have as
signed ror the benefit of creditors, the
liabilities being estimated at $200,000.
The Prosnect Mills are eanltallzed at
$150,000, and employ 250 hands, while
tne uiobe Mills are capitalized at $75,
000. The cause of the failure is said
to be insufficient business, due to the
competition of mills in the worsted
combine.
Will Can Belgian Hares.
A company has been organized at
Phoenix. Ariz., for the Dumose of util
izing the immense snnnlv of Role-inn
hares in California and" Arizona and
raising hares on a mammoth scale to
supply a ractory for supplying meat
for food.
Hanged Himself In a Church.
John Kollkmann han&red himsplf in
the basement of St. Joseph's Catholic
cnurcn at bt. Louis, Mo., because he
had failed In his studies for the priest
hood. The State of Trade.
The movement of corn from countrv
points is increasing.
Bad weather restricts logging opera
tions in the Northwest. -
Export business in both' wheat and
corn is seasonably quiet.
Most of the finished ironmakers have
large unfilled orders on their books,
and the seasonable - quietude excites
no concern. .
Eastern shoe manufacturers are well
supplied with orders and leather Is
firm, but hides are generally reported
dull and easier.
Philadelphia reports anthracite coal
active and the outlook good for high"
prices all winter.
It is reported that Clyde shipbuild
ers recently placed orders for 150,000
tons of piates In the United Stateq
at a saving of $200,000.
Notably cheerful reports come from
Western jobbers, who have been
been called on for reassortlng orders,
and who report collections good.
It Is said that the independent glass,
company recently organized will In-;
elude every window giass manufac
turer In the country outside of the
trust.
a FILIPINO PEACE PARTY
'" . ' . . i
Hie Federals Organize and Issue an
Address to the Natives. ;
SABLES GOOD WILL TO PRESIDENT
the Object of the Federal Party U the
Bennlon of "All Filipinos 'Who Wish
Tor Peace and Are W 1111ns; to Work
For It TV ants the Philippines to
Become States of the Union. ,
i I
Manila (By Cable). The Federal
party has decided upon a new organl
latlon, and has Published In the Span
ish and Filipino evening papers an ad
lress to the Filipinos. j
"The number of Filipinos who are
tonvinced that the time for peace has
:ome increases dally," says the ad
lress. "The object of the Federal
party is the reunion of all Filipinos
who truly wish for peace, and who are
lisposed to work for It It appeals to
those who will attempt to attain for
the Philippines the greatest number
of liberties under the application of
the American Constitution.
"We call ourselves the Federal party
because, under American sovereignty,
the righteous aspirations of the Phil
ippines will be to form a part of the
American federation as States of the
Union." ! i
Copies of the address hafe been s
into the provinces, j
The Executive Committee has cabled
President McKinley announcing that
the organization has; been perfected,
and tendering an expression of good
will. - j" . ' - "I
The new paragraph in the platform
declaring for American recognition of
the legality of some acts done by the
authorities of the insurgent Govern
ment is in conformity with precedents
established during the reconstruction
period following the Civil War In the
United States. -
FRAUD IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Hundreds of Illegal Mining Claims En
tered In Last Davs of Spanish Bute.
Chicago i (Special). It is due to an
Investigation Bet on foot by General
Otis, now in command of the Depart
ment, of the Lakes, that a conspiracy
to acquire vast mining claims in the
Philippines has been exposed. Ma joi
Murray, aide-de-camp to General Otis,
who served In the same capacity In
Manila, explained the situation Id
Army Headquarters,! in the PullmaD
Building, j According to the officer,
the Spanish officials i in charge of the
mining office, evidently : fell in with
the plans and objects of the adventur
ers, for a great number of fraudulent
claims were admitted to registration.
"Between the time that Dewey sank
the Spanish fleet in! Manila Bay and
the time when the city surrendered to
General Merritt," said Major. Murray,
"the Spanish registration office did lit
tle else than record deeds to mining
lands. During the few weeks between
those dates 1618 claims were admitted
to registration, although in the centu
ries of Spanish occupation preceding
the entrance of Dewey's fleet in Ma
nila Bay only 481 concessions had been
granted." i
BUSINESS MAN HELD FOR MURDER.
E. H. Knight, of South Berwick, M(,
Charged With Killing a Woman.
South Berwick, Me. (Special). Ed
win H. Knight was arrested at his
home at South Berwick Junction on a
warrant charging him with the mur
der of Mrs. Fannie Sprague at South
Berwick last May, and arraigned be
fore Trial Justice Lord. Counsel for
Knight announced that he would of
fer no defense. Accordingly the pris
oner was bound over to the Januarj
term of the Supreme Court at Saco,
and committed to the jail at Alfred
without ball. j
The murder was one of the 'most hor
rible in the history! of York County,
The mutilated body of Fanny Sprague
was found in a heap of rubbish in a
barn on the Knight farm at South
Berwick Junction. ' An attempt had
been made to burn the body, but th
smoke was seen and the fire extin
guished by two men who were sent to
the barn on an errand. After putting
out the fire the men found the body,
Knight is forty-one years of age, a na
tive .of South Berwick, and a success
ful business man.
MANY SEAMEN DROWNED.
Dense Fogs on British Coasts Cause Dis
j aster to Shipping.
London (By Cable). Dense fogs on
the coasts have greatly interfered
with navigation, and several wrecks
have occurred. I
Reports that several Shetland fishing
boats were In great peril from the
storm and had probably been lost are
confirmed. Only one boat out of five
has been found, and It is known that
no fewer than twenty-two fishermen
have perished. !
The British steamer Brunswick
grounded In rthe British Channel,
keeled over, and sank.
Seven of her
crew were drowned.
Minister Conger Signs the Joint Note.
Secretary Hay, at: Washington, has
received a cablegram from Minister
Conger, at Pekin, announcing that he
had signed the agreement reached by
the foreign Ministers, but had done
so with a written explanatory state
ment setting forth the exact position
of his Government, i
. Bobbers Burned Their Victim.
At Gober. Texas. ! J. J. Johnson:
prominent farmer, was murdered by
roDDers. tils body was found in tne
yard badly bruised and the flesh burned
trom nis breast and arms. It Is sun-
posed the bandits burned their victim
In an effort to force him to tell where
his money was hidden. Two arrest
were made. !
Mormons Keep Joe Smith's Day.
Mormons in Utah on Sunday Cele
brated Joseph Smith's birthday in
place of keeping Christmas. ,
Labor World.
Jreat Britain makes 300,000,000
yards of linen a year.
Alaska advices state that Dawson
is overrun with idle men, many ol
whom are willing to work for their
board.
The New York Postofflce has been
authorized to employ more clerks to
handle the phenomenal business now
.being done. j
The McKenna Steel Company, at
Joliet, 111., which rerolls old rails, has
resumed operations after a long period
of idleness.
The dock laborers at Callao, the port
of Lima, have gone ion strike and all
work has been stopped.
The settlement of the woodworkers'
strike, which has since September 1
Involved 1400 men at Chicago, is said
to be assured.
It is estimated by the statistician of
the Central Labor Bureau, that In
twenty-five trades 212,000 out of 510.
000 are out of work: In Paris, 'France,
The employes In the cotton mills of
South Carolina are charged for house
rent about fifty cents a room per
montn ana nave a garden paten at
tached to each, tenement.
' Pare Science and Brea.
To attempt to live by any scientific
pursuit is. a farce. Nothing but what
Is absolutely practical will, go down in
England. A man of science may earn
great distinction, but not bread. ' He
will get invitations to all sorts of din
ners and conversaziones, but not
enough-income to pay his cab fare.
Owen and Forbes are flrs.t-rate men
men who have Deen at worg ror
years, laboriously tolling upward men
whose abilities, bad they turned them'
Into the many channels of money
making, must have made large for
tunes. But the beauty of nature and
the pursuit of truth alluredj them Into
a nobler life and this is the result. A
man who chooses a life of' science
chooses not a life of poverty, but, so
far as I can see, a life of nothing, and
the art of living upon nothing at all
has yet to be discovered. From "The
Life and Letters of Huxley," by Leon
ard Huxley.
Oar Motors Please the British.
From America, as usual, comes the
newest Invention, a steam motor
traveling as quietly as he most luxuri
ous carriage, with no smell, no jar.
no noise and no vibration, answering
to the touch as obediently as a per
fectly trained thoroughbred horse.
more untiring and swifter. It was a
pure delight to speed along the roads
In the keen autumn air, imbued with
a sense of security and freedom. The
machinery of these motors is very
delicate and will probably require
further Improvements to make it thor
oughly practical; but, evn at present,
for amateurs, for invalids, for dilet
tantes, these luxuriously cushioned
and absolutely comfortable carriages
give the greatest amount of pleasure,
and promise to be the vehicles of the
future. London Graphic.
A Meeting on the Battlefield.
Dr. Conan Doyle tells this story of a
Boer and an English soldier who lay
wounded side by' side on the field of
battle: "They had a personal en
counter. In which the soldier received
bullet wound and 4 he burgher a
bayonet thrust before they both fell
exhausted on the field. The Britisher
gave the Boer a drink ouof his flask,
and the burgher, not to be outdone Iv
courtesy, banded a piece of bitong In'
exchange. In the evening, when their
respective ambulances came to carry
them off to hospital, they exchanged
friendly fc-eetings. 'Goodby, mate,'
Bald the soldier, 'what a blessing it Is
we met each other!'"
. The Parisian I.apdog.
There are to-day 45,000 lapdogs In
the city of Paris. They have almost
as much attention after they are dead
as during their vcomfortable lives.
The dog's owner pays ten francs a
year to the city during its life. . If
it takes sick it is taken to a special
clinic for the treatment and housing of
dogs in poor health. After it dies it
Is taken to a cemetery which is kept
In excellent condition from the pro
ceeds of the money obtained from
the price paid for the burial plot.
Search For the Missing.
A friend of mine lias a half sister
of whom she was speaking one day to
a caller, who came in with her little
boy. The child listened silently, and
then with a perplexed face, he asked:
"Why, Where's the other half?" Wor
cester Spy.
Criminal statistics show that Italy
furnishes more political assassins then
all other countries combined.
It is confidently asserted that the large
decrease in infant mortality in this coun
try during the past decade has heen
brought about in no email measure by the
oniversal use of Castorla it being in
almost every home.
Trees are
themselves.
obliged to branch out for
Don't drink too much water when cy
cling. Adams' Pepsin Tutti Fruttl is an
excellent substitute. -
It seems queer that the more weight a
man gains the more ungainly, he becomes.
Mrs.Winslow'sSoothing Syrup for children
teething:, softens the gums, redncesinflammn
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but
a rolling mill usually gathers the dust.
Plso's Cure for Consnmption is an lnfal1!
ble medicine for coughs, and colds. N. W.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900.
There are ninety-six
over 1000'inhabitant . .
cities in Cuba of
Frey's Vermifuge, 25 Cts.
Eradicates worms. Children made well and
mothers happy. Druggists and country stores.
There
Paris. -
are five routes from London to
Carter's Ink has a good deep color, and it
ices not strain the eyes, carter's doesn't fade.
In Marion, Ind., a law
name of Robb & Steele.
firm bore the
The' Boot Freoerlptie fe CbllM
nd FeYor la a bottle of GrOyi's Tastsi.M".
Chiix Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in
a tasteless form. No cure no pay. Pries SOo.
Had Manners in London Streets. '
Weak, nervous and elderly people i
are often made very uncomfortable by
the overcrowding of the London pav-?-ments
in the more frequented parts,
while busy men are driven to de
spair by " the obstacles to direct
walking. Of late the inconvenience
experienced has been increased by
the fact that the public of London arc,
on the whole, less orderly and well
mannered than those of a previous
generation. The deterioration of pnl
lic manners of the men, and especially
of the boys, in the streets is a subject
of constant remark among those whosv:
memory carries them back only ten or
fifteen years. The Lancet .
Electric Ray Cure.- ,
One of the novelties in medical treat
ment is the ''electric ray cure." The
Princess of Wales recently gave an
expensive apparatus to the London
Hospital, and now every day patients
may be found comfortably seated ia
reclining chairs in a circle around the
"light room." Trom the ceiling an
electric lamp is suspended, with lenses
bo arranged as to concentrate the light
upon the sufferers. A nurse . stands
behind ch patient and presses a
glass lens on the spot under treatment
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t forth full name, I 'n lip Label with
AO l " Hunyadi Janos." . jO LU L Bed Centre Panel.
5oi Importer, Flraa ef Andreas Saxlthaer, 130 Fatten 5t., N. V.
The Tain of Elocution.
The value of elocution as a me
Af TPuchlnz English literature Is'
Tond question. The reason bo
people appreciate poetry, is, in soml
rtptrpp at least, because so few can
rend it wlL With many people the':
favorite poems are those which during
tome period of their lives they have
beard read with good elocutionary ef
fect Good reading is stimulating and
quickens the artistic appreciation.
When we reflect that lyric poetry was
sung or spoken long before It was writ
ten, when we recall its geresls among
the troubadors. the Minnesingers, the
Provencals an,1 their prototypes In
many countries. , we divine the intimate
connection between the 'written word
and the- elocutionary interpretation.
National Magatine.
Ages of British Cabinet Officers.
Here are. the ages of some of the
memtwrs of the British Cabinet: Lord
Halsbury, seventy-five: Lord James
of Hereford,, seventy-two; Lord Salis
bury, seventy; the Duke of. Devon
shire, sixty-seven; Chamberlain, sixty
four; Lord Ashbourne, sixty-three; Sir
M. Hicks-Bt-aeh. sixty-three; Mr.
Ritchie, sixty-two; Lord Cadognn, six'
ty; Lord Lansdowne, Lord G. Hamil
ton and Hanbnry. all fifty-five: A. J.
Balfour, fifty-two; Lord Balfour, of
Burleigh, fifty-one; Akers-Douglas. forty-nine;
Lord Londonderry, forty-eight;
Gerald Balfour, forty-seven; Long, forty-six;
Broderick. forty-four, and Lord
Selborne, forty-one.
Putnam Fadilksr Dyes do not spot, utreak
or give your goods an unevenly dyed ap
pearance. Sold by all druggists.
The Philadelphia directory shows
nine men who bear th name of
Thomas Thomas and eleven known as
Robert Roberts. But William Wil
liams outnumbers them both, as there
are eighty-six citizens thus named.
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There are 318 self-propelled vehicles of
all kinds now in operation in Chicago.
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bv all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The doctors say that there is moro nerve
nutriment in corn than in whett. r
Te Care a Cold In One Day.
Taka Laxative Bsomo icwni TailitS. All
druggists refund the money it It falls to cure.
B. W. Obovb's signature Uon eaca "box. 8c.
High angle fire is that fired from guns
at an elevation exceeding fifteen degrees.
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Dr. Bull's Cough
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Syrup
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